# \[flash 8 as2\] gotoAndPlay problem

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-8-as2-gotoandplay-problem/275160>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 10, 2008, 5:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-8-as2-gotoandplay-problem/275160 "2008-11-10T17:37:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![robbrucker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d78d45/32.png) [@robbrucker](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/robbrucker)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 5:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-8-as2-gotoandplay-problem/275160/1 "2008-11-10T17:37:53Z")

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Hello,

I have a movie clip, I need to navigate this movie clip as a button, but cannot make it a button or I"ll loose all the actionscript to make the movie clip flashy. I’ve tried the typical

```auto
on (release) {
    
    gotoAndPlay(2);
}

```

yet it doesn’t seem to go to the frame I"ve requested. Is there some way I have to set this up I know it’s different than a button, but I"ve looked for the past 5 hours in other threads and cannot seem to find an answer.

Thanks